Saint Joseph & Denver City R. R. v. Orr
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Nemaha District Oov/rt. This action is very similar to tbe preceding case of Qulf Railroad Go. v. Owen. Defendant in error appealed from the decision of the board of commissioners of Nemaha county acting as board of appraisers to condemn and appraise lands in their county taken for the use of the Bt. Joseph c& Dewoer City Railroad Oo.
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Error from Nemaha District Oov/rt. This action is very similar to tbe preceding case of Qulf Railroad Go. v. Owen. Defendant in error appealed from the decision of the board of commissioners of Nemaha county acting as board of appraisers to condemn and appraise lands in their county taken for the use of the Bt. Joseph c& Dewoer City Railroad Oo. The route of said company’s railroad run diagonally through three parcels of land belonging to Orr, and the commissioners ascertained the quantity of Orr’s land appropriated by the company to be nine and two-fifths acres, the value of which they…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
This was an appeal from the determination of the county commissioners of Nemaha county as to the value of certain lands of defendant in error attempted to be appropriated by plaintiff in error as a right of way for its railroad. The errors alleged are numerous, and most of them of little importance, and they will he decided briefly in the order in which they are presented. One observation may be made that should be borne in mind in the consideration of many of the objections urged to the proceedings, and which may be taken as a reason…
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